[cake_crumb]

After all these years of rabid environaziism, is there anywhere in the US where delisting doesn't mean nothing more than the funds drying up?

In PA and NY, we're trying to get timber rattlers delisted, on the grounds they're only rare in the places which don't have the rock formations suitable for denning.

While in PA it's now legal to take two rattlers if you have a current fishing license, it's going to be a long, uphill battle.

[capecodderathome]

On Cape Cod, the Piping Plover, causes beaches to close, denies people access to THEIR homes, all so the plover can raise more plovers. Only in America are birds
more important than humans. The gubmint evens hires sharp-shooters to kill coyotes that might eat the plovers eggs.Talk about screwed up priorities.

Richard

[Carry_Okie]

The problem is that you have a dependent coiterie of bureaucrats involved for whom maintaining a scarcity of rattlesnakes is a life and death matter.

IMHO, until you can prove that you have a superior alternative means of managing the system, the status quo is the order of the day when the issue comes to the court.